Star Wars Adventures 001 - Hunt the Sun Runner by Ryder Windham

Author:Ryder Windham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2002-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

After seeing the missile narrowly miss Obi-Wan’s starfighter, Anakin had assumed his Master would follow his rolling evasive maneuver. When he straightened out and couldn’t see the Headhunter outside his cockpit canopy, Anakin was sure that Obi-Wan must have dropped down right behind the CloakShape, covering his tail. But as he wrapped around the derelict’s circumference, waiting for the Headhunter to pass him and take the lead, Anakin realized he had lost Obi-Wan on the other side.

Anakin looped back, flying so close to the derelict that he could easily make out the CloakShape’s shadow slipping over the its hull. When he wrapped around to the area where he had last seen Obi-Wan, his eyes caught sight of something that looked like a small cloud drifting across the stars. Flying closer, he saw that the cloud was made up of glittering bits of plasteel and durasteel.

“Master?” Anakin said out loud. His throat had gone dry. He could not see any large piece of wreckage that would indicate whether he was looking at the remains of a Z-95 Headhunter. Anakin felt a sudden rage swell within him, and the salty sting of tears in his eyes. He blinked back the tears, then took a deep breath. He tried to concentrate, wondering what his Master would do in this situation.

In that instant, Anakin knew. Obi-Wan would stay calm. That was how Obi-Wan stayed alive.

Obi-Wan was not dead.

Anakin propelled the CloakShape through the debris and angled back at the derelict. Punching the accelerator, he zoomed back past the area where he had seen the missile silo. Just as he spotted the black spot that was the open silo, something moved within the silo: A second missile was about to launch.

The CloakShape fighter was armed with dual laser cannons, four concussion missiles, and a single proton torpedo. Anakin was tempted to unload his entire arsenal down the silo’s mouth, but he knew that would be imprudent.

He lined up the silo with his targeting scope, then fired two concussion missiles in quick succession, so that the second missile launched a fraction of a second after the first.

The first concussion missile slammed into the head of the projectile within the silo, and the second vanished into the explosion caused by its predecessor. Smoke and debris were still billowing out of the ruined silo as Anakin matched the derelict’s speed and flew in low. Through his cockpit canopy, he surveyed the twisted debris that filled the silo’s cylindrical interior. Despite the wreckage, the silo appeared to be Anakin’s best route to infiltrate the derelict.

He landed on the hull of the Sun Runner, anchoring the starfighter a short distance from the smoldering silo. Anakin checked the seal between his helmet and g-suit, then popped his canopy. Climbing out of the CloakShape’s cockpit, he lowered himself onto the derelict’s hull. Anakin trusted that his boots’ positive-grip soles would prevent him from drifting off into space. He stepped carefully toward the silo. He was about two meters shy of its scorched mouth when he felt something shift under his right boot.

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